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New site additions and news from Iraq on the Megalithic Portalen-usNimrudhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15284
]]>International condemnation as "Islamic State" bulldoze the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, see comment. Ancient Settlement in Iraq. Remains of early Assyrian city. The city of Nimrud was the ancient Assyrian city called Kalhu, Calah or Kalakh, located on the river Tigris south of Nineveh and some 30 km southeast of modern Mosul.AlexHungerNimrudDrewParsonsFri, 06 Mar 2015 05:03:32 GMT15284Ninevehhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15773
]]>“What we are proposing is that these demographic and climatic factors played an indirect but significant role in the demise of the Assyrian Empire,” See latest comment.. Nineveh, as mentioned in the Bible, was an important city in ancient Assyria at the confluence of the Tigris and Khosr river, where it controlled trade routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.AlexHungerNinevehdodomadMon, 25 Nov 2013 18:59:39 GMT15773Nuzihttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=34969
An ancient statue, re-created. . Ancient town in Al Ta'amim Governorate.Located near the Tigris river, the site consists of one multiperiod tell and two small mounds. The town (Gasur) was founded during the Akkadian Empire in the late third millennium BC. In the middle second millennium Hurrians absorbed the town and renamed it Nuzi.bat400Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:24:33 GMT34969Satu Qala (Idu)http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=34899
]]>The image shows an artefact thought to be a clay model of a bed, something also found at other sites in the Middle East.. In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound. Cuneiform inscriptions and works of art reveal the palaces that flourished in the city throughout its history thousands of years ago. Andy BSatu Qala (Idu)dodomadSun, 06 Oct 2013 14:49:19 GMT34899Tell Khaiberhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=34062
]]>An ancient Sumerian city, 20km from Ur, inhabited from about 4000 to 2000 BCE. British and Iraqi archaeologists have started the excavation of the enormous building complex. One of the most striking finds at the site to date is a clay plaque, 9cm high, apparently showing a worshipper approaching a sacred place.davidmorganTell KhaiberAndy BTue, 21 May 2013 21:05:36 GMT34062Ur of the Chaldeeshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15283
]]>Fertility and abundance are important themes of ancient Mesopotamian texts and images. See latest comment.. Ancient Settlement in Iraq. Remains of early Sumerian city and royal cemetery. The mud brick Great Ziggurat, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (2100 BC), is the most notable structure on the site. AlexHungerUr of the Chaldeesh_fentonSat, 12 Jan 2013 12:01:17 GMT15283Babylon.http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15037
]]>Modern curses threaten Iraq's ancient wonder of Babylon. Ancient city dating to 3rd millenium BCE and earlier and one of the most important cities of ancient Mesopotamia. The site today is marked by a broad area of ruins just east of the Euphrates River, about 90 km south of Baghdad, Iraq.AlexHungerBabylon.AlexHungerTue, 03 Jul 2012 19:30:27 GMT15037Study of Sumerian and Akkadian languages reveal a lost worldhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413980
]]>Gonzalo Rubio spends his days reading dead languages that haven't been spoken for thousands of years. An assyriologist at Pennsylvania State University, Rubio studies the world's very first written languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, which were used in ancient Mesopotamia (an area covering modern-day Iraq).coldrumSipparAlexHungerFri, 22 Apr 2011 18:05:51 GMT2146413980Larsahttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15779
“When the creditor demands it...” – 3,800 year old tablets from Larsa, Iraq. Larsa was an ancient Sumerian city dating to at least between 2700 or 2800 BCE in Mesopotamia, now Iraq. It lay 22 Km southeast of the Uruk ruin mounds, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal. King Ur-Gur is said to have built or restored the E-Babbar ziggurat, the temple of Shamash.AlexHungerSat, 15 Jan 2011 12:38:32 GMT15779Iraqi National Museum in Baghdadhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=23878
Authorities in Iraq Finds Missing Artifacts in Premier's Storage. See comments.. Museum in Baghdad. Established by the British traveler Gertrude Bell, the museum houses priceless treasures of Mesopotamia. Its collections are amongst the most important in the world. Although notable items were preserved in badly looted during the recent Iraqi war during the fall of the city in April 2003, the museum has only opened periodically since then. Efforts to retrieve stolen items have involved international governments, their police agencies and UNESCO.coldrumFri, 01 Oct 2010 03:23:58 GMT23878Arbil, Iraqhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=25153
Ancient Settlement in Iraq. Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest continually habited village in the history of humanity. Czech diggers have found remains of an about 150,000-year-old prehistoric settlement in Arbil, north Iraq. The archaeologists revealed a high number of items, mainly prehistoric stone tools, about nine metres under the ground in Arbil, capital of the Kurdish autonomous region.coldrumMon, 15 Mar 2010 11:51:34 GMT25153Gondashlu Stone Quarryhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=23722
Ancient Mine in Iran. Most of the Achaemenid Gondashlu Stone Quarry Destroyed. One of the most important Achaemenid quarries in Fars Province known as Gondashlu which provided the stone for building Persepolis has been destroyed, and its usefulness now been lost, reported the Persian Service of CHN on Saturday.Andy BFri, 28 Aug 2009 19:50:51 GMT23722Return to the demonised and fascinating Babylonhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413539
No city has been demonised quite like Babylon, nor any king so denounced as the incarnation of evil as Nebuchadnezzar. Neither the scriptures nor the myths have spared them: for more than 2,000 years Babylon has been a byword for vice, excess and well-deserved ruin while legend has created a ruler consumed by pride, folly and cruelty.coldrumFri, 31 Oct 2008 13:53:19 GMT2146413539So Much for the 'Looted Sites' in Iraqhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413498
A recent mission to Iraq headed by top archaeologists from the U.S. and U.K. who specialize in Mesopotamia found that, contrary to received wisdom, southern Iraq's most important historic sites -- eight of them -- had neither been seriously damaged nor looted after the American invasion. This, according to a report by staff writer Martin Bailey in the July issue of the Art Newspaper. Andy BFri, 01 Aug 2008 12:48:41 GMT2146413498Were Mesopotamians the first brand addicts?http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413456
Product branding first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, the birthplace of cities and writing. So claims David Wengrow, an archaeologist at University College London, who says that bottle stops stamped with symbols some 5000 years ago are evidence of the first branded goods.coldrumFri, 02 May 2008 13:02:13 GMT2146413456